Defendant was given approval to take trip

January 10, 2013

STEUBENVILLE — One of two Steubenville High School defendants in a rape case pending in Jefferson County Juvenile Court was allowed to travel to California last week, a court official has confirmed....

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LAB1660

He should not have been permitted out of state and I agree with the poster who believes he should have been remanded to the custody of a juvenile detention center for the duration of what appears to be his foster parents' trip with their biological child. Oh, I forgot--Big Red Football rules, not the Ohio Revised Code.

Lillypoo

This was wrong on so many levels. Who "babysat" the defendant while his guardians went to NYC to appear on The Today Show? If this family wanted to take a vacation the defendant, who is on house arrest, should have gone to the juvenile detention center until the family returned. House arrest with attendance to church and alternative school at the juvenile center only means just that -- not a trip across the country for pleasure.

colkrause

1. I am pretty sure many on "house arrest" would love to travel out of State. 2. Are they in the same class at ALternative School? 3. Are they receiving counselling at school? 4. Are they taken out of class to take tests?